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sit-for behavior changes when byte-compiled

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 78737 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
Subject: bug#78737: sit-for behavior changes when byte-compiled
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:53:43 -0400

> -    ;; FIXME: we should not read-event here at all, because it's much too
> -    ;; difficult to reliably "undo" a read-event by pushing it onto
> -    ;; unread-command-events.
> -    ;; For bug#14782, we need read-event to do the keyboard-coding-system
> -    ;; decoding (hence non-nil as second arg under POSIX ttys).
> -    ;; For bug#15614, we need read-event not to inherit-input-method.
> -    ;; So we temporarily suspend input-method-function.
> -    (let ((read (let ((input-method-function nil))
> -                  (read-event nil t seconds))))
> -      (or (null read)
> -	  (progn
> -            ;; https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2006-10/msg00394.html
> -            ;; We want `read' appear in the next command's this-command-event
> -            ;; but not in the current one.
> -            ;; By pushing (cons t read), we indicate that `read' has not
> -            ;; yet been recorded in this-command-keys, so it will be recorded
> -            ;; next time it's read.
> -            ;; And indeed the `seconds' argument to read-event correctly
> -            ;; prevented recording this event in the current command's
> -            ;; this-command-keys.
> -	    (push (cons t read) unread-command-events)
> -	    nil))))))
> +    (not (if throw-on-input
> +             (sleep-for seconds)
> +           (while-no-input (sleep-for seconds)))))))

I'm not sure this will wake up on the same events (i.e. whether its
notion of what is "not a real input event" is the same).  `sit-for` has
seen several iterations because of "corner cases", so I wouldn't be
surprised to bump into regressions, but I agree that it would be nice to
"align" the notion of "relevant" events used by `sit-for` with that used
by `while-no-input`.
[ IIRC part of the differences are the events handled by
  `special-event-map`.  ]

Note also that I'm not sure `sleep-for` will actually do what we want
here (does it run process filters and timers?  And update the display
accordingly?).


        Stefan

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